Since the beginning of 2023, I've been actively contributing to the Brazilian version of Easygenerator's website, an award-winning e-learning authoring tool. I started as a reviser, ensuring the quality and consistency of the site's content. I proceeded to become their main Brazilian Portuguese translator, acting as the senior linguist who works on/oversees translations for various pages, including landing pages, feature descriptions, competitor pages, and customer stories.

This project requires me to use and work on a particular skillset. It involves marketing expertise (paying attention to brand voice, persuasive copy, buttons, and CTAs), website localization and creative translation (SEO-focused translations, metadata localization, cultural adaptation, idioms and expressions localization – sometimes even transcreating entire segments), technical terminology (within the e-learning domain), as well as the usual translator skills that involve attention to detail, terminology consistency, and continuous communication with Aurelia, my always helpful project manager.

I also started working on Easygenerator's blog articles in late 2023, which cover different aspects of creating e-learning and leveraging internal talent to share knowledge within an organization. You can check out some of them in my portfolio section.

Proofreading of video scripts (captions) for a social media marketing campaign promoting a cryptocurrency platform on TikTok. The project involved a series of short, 45-second video ads aimed at engaging a digital audience.

I translated a couple of emails written for this client's end users, which covered software product marketing/trial activation and extension. As usual, I prioritized using engaging and fluent language, as the goal of this text is to capture the attention of the reader and direct them to take action (explore the software/extend their trial period). I also adapted the text in Portuguese with gender neutral constructions so that every reader could feel directly addressed.

Occasionally, I work with an agency to revise SEO metadata for product pages of a hydraulic systems company. My task involves checking translations done by another linguist and ensuring that the keywords work well in ptBR. Sometimes, this takes some research time to see whether they're accurate and whether they make sense from an SEO-point-of-view. I then check the translations of the titles and descriptions to ensure they are well-written, accurate, and within the character limit. My main challenge is definitely the intensive research I have to do sometimes for each technical term! At the end, I usually leave comments for the project manager on my impressions of the translator's work. I often make changes when I find solutions to fit the keywords or information that was left out due to character limit and mark them through the "track changes" feature on MemoQ. In my feedback on the last batch, I suggested that the client provide clearer instructions for their SEO strategy, as prioritizing elements such as keywords over the company's name and CTAs in page descriptions could be beneficial for the page's SEO ranking.

This job was a mix of marketing/advertising and business and career development. The content itself was a brief interactive module covering specific personal and professional skills. The client was a company that offers coaching and development programs for businesses and individuals. I worked on Lokalise and despite it being a fairly short job, I faced some minor issues, such as finding a few clashes between the client's TM and glossary, which the PM helped me solve. The tone was very informal, as the client has a very open-minded and warm approach to their brand voice, and I also managed, after a bit of mental work, to use neutral language without compromising the structure of the text for maximum inclusivity.

This job was also about coaching and personal/career development. It consisted of subtitles for a video introducing the customer to the client's program – so a very marketing-oriented content, with its fair share of informality. My job was to revise the subtitles for this 3+ minute video. This project also gave me the opportunity to learn something new about CAT tool use – a very fun part of the translator's routine. This time, I found out that using MemoQ to open Trados packages (my standard way for working on .sdlppx projects) will sometimes require you to navigate through minor differences between the 2 CAT tools (I'm not a big fan of Trados, so I'm very grateful for MemoQ making me qualified for "Trados jobs"). I was able to finally solve an apparent bug where the PM couldn't see my tracked changes when I sent them the XLIFF project file.

This project involved translating a formal document outlining general security guidelines for an organization's employees. It covered essential safety protocols and data security practices for all collaborators, including both daily activities and specific security measures for high-risk environments. It had a slight legal touch to it and used some terminology related to the organization's field so I adopted a more serious and formal tone in the translated document, drawing from my background as a law student and legal translator.

I translated this workbook written by Patrick Lencioni, which covered mostly corporate culture principles and management team assessments. With an occasional very informal style, it presented some translation challenges as I had to find solutions that were both technical and natural to the corporate world and sounded idiomatic in Portuguese. I worked on Smartcat and enjoyed learning some useful tips about the functioning of an organization and reading its section on the MBTI assessment. You can find this book referenced in my portfolio section, where it ill be linked as soon as it is published.

This job was a mix of marketing/advertising and business and career development. The content itself was a brief interactive module covering specific personal and professional skills. The client was a company that offers coaching and development programs for businesses and individuals. I worked on Lokalise and despite it being a fairly short job, I faced some minor issues, such as finding a few clashes between the client's TM and glossary, which the PM helped me solve. The tone was very informal, as the client has a very open-minded and warm approach to their brand voice, and I also managed, after a bit of mental work, to use neutral language without compromising the structure of the text for maximum inclusivity.

This job was also about coaching and personal/career development. It consisted of subtitles for a video introducing the customer to the client's program – so a very marketing-oriented content, with its fair share of informality. My job was to revise the subtitles for this 3+ minute video. This project also gave me the opportunity to learn something new about CAT tool use – a very fun part of the translator's routine. This time, I found out that using MemoQ to open Trados packages (my standard way for working on .sdlppx projects) will sometimes require you to navigate through minor differences between the 2 CAT tools (I'm not a big fan of Trados, so I'm very grateful for MemoQ making me qualified for "Trados jobs"). I was able to finally solve an apparent bug where the PM couldn't see my tracked changes when I sent them the XLIFF project file.

Foundations is essentially the main go-to missiological training material for International Mission Board (IMB) workers. It covers, as the name says, all the foundations for IMB's work, such as core values, key terms (e.g. gospel, discipleship, church, calling, unreached people), and the 6 steps that define the "missionary task": entry, evangelism, discipleship, healthy church formation, leadership development, and exit to partnership. You can check out its electronic version here.

This was my second largest project in 2023 – a book by the Southern Baptist IMB called Eight Steps of the Missions Continuum - Building a Bridge from the Church to the Mission Field (check out the Brazilian Portuguese version here). A core resource for Southern Baptist workers, this 33,440-word missiological training material covers the steps developed by the authors to achieve an effective missionary effort, from church mobilization to effective planning that considers all the specificities of each mission field, such as language, lifestyle, culture, and governmental barriers. Similar to our work on Foundations, this was a collaborative effort on Smartcat with Andréa Biancovilli serving as a trusted reviser. We worked together simultaneously within the CAT tool, sharing comments, insights, and thoughts throughout the project. I'm proud to say we managed to achieve a target text that not only reads well in Portuguese, but sounds perfectly natural for someone in the field (a theologican or a misisonary worker). This was possible due to our background in theology studies. I'm grateful to Multitude Languages for trusting me as their senior collaborator for Brazilian Portuguese.

I worked on Your True Story at the beginning of 2023. Unlike other projects, this time the book had already been translated and revised, so I was given the task of performing a linguistic quality assurance (LQA) during the project's final stages. I thoroughly searched the (almost final) PDF and EPUB versions for grammatical, design, formatting, and consistency errors, going back and forth with the project managers and eventually producing a report in Microsoft Word indicating all the changes that should be made.

I translated a selected portion of an article on "presuppositional apologetics", of which Cornelius Van Til is the most well-known proponent. The text had a formal, scientific tone to it, with many references to both reformed and philosophical concepts (such as "natural revelation" and "analogical knowledge"). As the subject was very new to me, I first dedicated some time to familiarize myself with it, reading Van Til's magnum opus ("Christian Apologetics") and also consulting relevant books, articles, and specialized podcasts and sermons. After a few weeks, I started translating, being careful to maintain the field's specialized vocabulary, even if I could already draw heavily upon my previous knowledge of reformed theology (Van Til is known to create his own unique expressions and terms). I therefore had to find some creative solutions to preserve style and flow in Portuguese for challenging formulations (such as "thinking God's thoughts after him"), often translated as Anglicisms in Brazilian texts. The article's author used an intricate paragraph structure with extended sentences and subclauses, something I chose to adapt to enhance readability and prevent the text from becoming overly dense for the Brazilian reader. The positive feedback I received after completing this project was quite gratifying.

This is my first published book. It is a summary of the core message of the Bible divided between two chapters: the 'bad news' and the 'good news'. Initially conceived as a small text meant to be a book dedication (a Bible for a friend), it evolved into a leaflet, and eventually developed throughout the years into a booklet, it is the result of dozens of conversations I had with strangers in my university and other locations. I eventually decided to put into writing the common themes that emerged during these conversations, touching on themes such as relativism, the paradox between God's love and judgment, and the true meaning of Jesus's vicarious atonement. It was written for anyone seeking to understand the core message of the gospel, regardless of age or background. You can check out the Kindle version or purchase the softcover edition on Amazon or directly on UICLAP, the publisher I chose for it.

Since may 2023, I have been continuously working as a volunteer translator for Gospel Translations, a website that publishes religious articles. You can check their website here, and also take a peek at a couple of articles I translated for them in my portfoliosection.

In this project, I translated a major document produced by a supreme audit institution. The report evaluated the budget, effectiveness, target audience impact, equity, and other criteria of various social protection and credit access programs, such as Brazil's Bolsa Família Program (PBF) and the Continuous Cash Benefit (BPC). My main challenges were keeping track of the client's terminology (provided as an Excel table, which I progressively registered in a glossary I created locally for the client) and meeting a tight deadline for a particularly large project. I was pleased to know my work was considered to be excellent by the client, which later let to further and regular collaboration.

Since January 2024, I've been involved in an ongoing collaboration with the Brazilian Federal Court of Accounts (TCU), Brazil's Supreme Audit Institution. The TCU is responsible for overseeing the use of public funds by the federal government, as well as by any entities or individuals relevant to the management of public finances, having both auditing and jurisdictional functions. It also aims to promote efficiency and integrity in public administration. My position there is of a Senior Language Specialist, responsible for working on and overseeing translations and revisions and ultimately delivering the final version to the requesting department.

As the Court's primary contracted linguist for the English/Portuguese language pair (outside their civil servant staff), my main roles include:

• Translating
• Editing (often rewriting)
• Revising
• Proofreading
• Evaluating translations from external linguists
  
• Terminology management (often making contributions to improve the Court's official glossary)
  

Some of the content types I work with include:

 In this project, I revised a comprehensive document designed to guide auditors in overseeing concessions and public-private partnerships. The document was created with input from the Working Group on Policy Auditing and Infrastructure Regulation (GTInfra) of OLACEFS and multiple Brazilian courts of accounts. It aimed to enhance public policy outcomes by systematically organizing technical information and applying it to the oversight practices of the court of accounts, with a specific focus on infrastructure projects involving both public and private entities. It included detailed guidelines on assessing which public works could benefit most from public-private cooperation and how to select the optimal model based on cost-benefit analysis and public impact. The document will serve as the primary reference for TCU's analysis of public-private partnerships and will be used in OLACEFS trainings for GTInfra members. Additionally, I made significant adaptations to the paper’s citations and references, using my knowledge of both the Chicago style and the Brazilian ABNT systems to comply with the publication's citation standards.

In this project, I was asked to revise an agreement in its entirety, comprising clauses and annexes that covered various aspects including contractual parameters, service details, financial terms, jurisdiction, and compliance with personal data protection regulations. The main focus I had involved correcting terminology inconsistencies with the organization's glossary and legal terms in general.

In this project, I was in charge of translating an opening speech for a training course that was part of a collaborative initiative between federal institutions in Brazil and another country. The audience comprised public agents from both nations.

My approach focused on maintaining a professional and technical tone while keeping a fairly oral delivery style, as it was an opening speech. As usual, I had the concern of prioritizing a natural-sounding way of translating that kept the text alive and didn't make it sound as a translation. This involved breaking some long sentences to improve the speech flow and tweaking some phrases to make the speech more rhythmic and impactful. I also included a note for the speaker regarding the appropriate use of an honorific when addressing fellow authorities to avoid any misunderstandings.

In this project, I heavily edited a web page explaining the Brazilian Federal Court of Accounts' use of personal data and its various compliance mechanisms concerning the Brazilian Data Protection Act. The text touched on key concepts such as data subject, controller, processor, and DPO, and detailed the different agents and departments the TCU has in place to comply with data protection law. It also mentioned their approach to cookies and data processing through their portal.

In this project, I translated a tour guide for a Brazilian delegation that introduced a theatre company and their latest show, a health center and its impact on the vulnerable local community, and associations dedicated to supporting women. It also briefly outlined action plans by those associations to improve the city and support vulnerable groups such as girls and women, teenagers, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. The plans have a special focus on improving public spaces, providing youth training, and supporting policies to address sexism and inequality in Priority Neighbourhoods (QPV).

The article, co-authored by a senior official and an auditor from the Brazilian Supreme Audit Institution (the TCU), was presented at an international conference in Palermo, Italy. The content covered the jurisdictional functions of the Brazilian Federal Court of Accounts and had officials from other SAIs as the target audience. The question of whether Courts of Accounts have jurisdiction is a topic of discussion among experts. The topic has become even more relevant with the recent establishment of JuriSAI, a global organization that unites SAIs worldwide with jurisdictional functions. The article covered the constitutional basis for the TCU's jurisdictional functions and typical measures it undertakes such as imposing fines, ordering reimbursements, determining responsibility, and judging accounts. The article will be included in the official publication of the event.

I had the pleasure of translating some official documents for INCOSAI, a major international congress for Supreme Audit Institutions. They included congress guidelines, official communications, event schedules, and health protocols related to COVID-19 safety measures.

Here, I translated a research article on agricultural reforms in the European Union. It covered some current food system challenges, such as increasing pesticide usage and its impact on smaller-scale farms, disparities in farm incomes, and some global implications of unsustainable production; it also proposed an integrated governance approach, given the limitations of the current Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). My strategy was to maintain a clear, concise tone that was at the same time consistent with an academic tone. This is a particular challenge when translating into Brazilian Portuguese, since our language has a much wider gap between formal (written) and informal language, unlike English, especially in academic texts. 

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I translated a selected portion of an article on "presuppositional apologetics", of which Cornelius Van Til is the most well-known proponent. The text had a formal, scientific tone to it, with many references to both reformed and philosophical concepts (such as "natural revelation" and "analogical knowledge"). As the subject was very new to me, I first dedicated some time to familiarize myself with it, reading Van Til's magnum opus ("Christian Apologetics") and also consulting relevant books, articles, and specialized podcasts and sermons. After a few weeks, I started translating, being careful to maintain the field's specialized vocabulary, even if I could already draw heavily upon my previous knowledge of reformed theology (Van Til is known to create his own unique expressions and terms). I therefore had to find some creative solutions to preserve style and flow in Portuguese for challenging formulations (such as "thinking God's thoughts after him"), often translated as Anglicisms in Brazilian texts. The article's author used an intricate paragraph structure with extended sentences and subclauses, something I chose to adapt to enhance readability and prevent the text from becoming overly dense for the Brazilian reader. The positive feedback I received after completing this project was quite gratifying.

I'm currently involved in localizing Easygenerator, a web-based e-learning software designed for organizations looking to take ownership of knowledge-sharing – the goal is to empower subject matter experts within companies to independently create and share courses, reducing dependence on Learning and Development (L&D) departments. This shift in focus moves from instructional designers to the collaborators themselves. My work involves localizing various strings that make up the authoring tool's user interface. For this project, we work on Lokalise, a great platform for software localization as it's intuitive, allows us to collaborate across language pairs, and has some important automation tools.

This project had me translate a chapter in a larger book about economic theory. It was a collaborative effort, and I was in charge of a section that covered topics such as scarcity, production function, and marginal product, among others. The concepts that most caught my attention as I translated were the indifference curve, opportunity cost, and marginal rate of substitution/transformation. A good part of the text explored the idea of how the input of a certain amount of a given variable progressively impacts the final result, from an optimal point to a saturation point where the result becomes stable regardless of the input. The concept of "trade-offs" was central in understanding how everyday decisions are made based on scarcity. It also posed a translation challenge, given there's no such simple term in Portuguese. My main challenge during this project was keeping a fast pace to meet the deadline – it's still today one of the largest projects I've worked on so far. I truly enjoyed working on it as it gave me the chance not only to explore a field I desire to specialize in, but also to learn concepts that are part of everyday life.